"According to (Fernandez), he could 'see it in her eyes' that she wanted to have sex with him, and he apparently took this 'look' as an invitation to have sex with her, despite (her) alleged protestations," Laura Farris, a senior Health Department law judge, wrote in her order Monday suspending the doctor's license.

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A woman who answered the phone at the Family Medical Clinic near Rainier Beach, where Fernandez worked, said he was unavailable for comment Tuesday.

The alleged victim said Fernandez sexually forced himself on her before, during a medical visit several years ago, according to a Seattle police probable-cause statement filed in the more recent incident.

At the time, she said she was embarrassed and "blamed herself," even though she told him to stop.

She did not report him to authorities and stopped going to his clinic.

But on Oct. 25, the woman saw Fernandez for stomach pain.

She said Fernandez fondled her breasts and again had sex with her against her will, according to the police document.

She said she had been scared of what would happen if she refused.

After the incident, the woman told police she prayed before going to Harborview Medical Center the same day and reporting him.

"(I) trusted him because he was my doctor," she told police.

Fernandez was booked into jail Nov. 6 and released. He has not been charged with a crime, and a hearing in the license suspension is pending.

Fernandez has held a license as a physician and surgeon in Washington since 1984. Besides the latest case, the Health Department has investigated him for six complaints, sanctioning him in one of them -- for unprofessional conduct related to prescription distribution.

Health officials found no wrongdoing in the five other complaints, which alleged unprofessional conduct.